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Electrical 1988 Notch firewall ground location

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Good morning. Does anyone have a pic handy of the factory block to firewall ground location? specifically where it mounts on the firewall.
 

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See that flat braided wire with the green screw head?
That is factory.
 
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General! you are the man. Thank you. I did a google search and could not find a clear pic of the location. I am missing mine. I am having issues with a instrument panel that goes crazy with the headlights on.

Does the ground bolt on the firewall have ground cable on the opposite side inside the passenger cabin?
 

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No, the factory bolt is green ( ) and not being there could effect the instruments, the wiring is also grounded to the dash frame behind the instrument cluster.
 
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Thank you. I’m going to start with that for now. The cluster will eventually come out either to further diagnose and or to replace bulbs.
 

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leds?
 
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Yes. LEDS. I Have a whole sort of white, green and blue LED. first off I need to figure the whole cluster issues.
 

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I will tell you not to put the led bulb in the battery spot, I have noticed several threads about the led in the battery light spot and charging issues.
 

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General karthief said:
I will tell you not to put the led bulb in the battery spot, I have noticed several threads about the led in the battery light spot and charging issues.
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hmm i was thinking to go LED, guess ill go stock bulbs to avoid the PITA
 

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It's only the battery bulb that makes it an issue.
you can take a flashlight and shine it on the face of the instrument cluster to see which one it is, it's the shape of the battery, just use a regular bulb in that one.
I think
Almost sure
Yup, definitely almost sure
 
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